Review
This new information is as fascinating as the book. Keep digging! Carter Taylor Seaton Let’s see what else turns up! —Richard Norcross Charlie you and Mitch make true journalists everywhere proud. The Flying A (the late WVU Journalism professor Paul Atkins) is smiling down on you. —Tony Hylton I still believe there is more to […]
New Reviews
This new information is as fascinating as the book. Keep digging! —Carter Taylor Seaton Let’s see what else turns up! —Richard Norcross Charlie you and Mitch make true journalists everywhere proud. The Flying A (the late WVU Journalism professor Paul Atkins) is smiling down on you. —Tony Hylton I still believe there […]
John Hash of Huntington emailed the following to me.
John Hash of Huntington emailed the following to me. His observations are very interesting and I thought our blog readers would enjoy his perspective regarding “Murder On Staunton Road”: Hey Charlie, So good to hear from you. I am pleased that you are interested in my theory regarding the murder of Juliet Staunton Clark. Your […]
Read the Charleston Gazette-Mail story & Observations From The Authors
The Charleston Gazette-Mail, on Sunday, January 10, 2021, reported that we have uncovered a decades old report by polygraph expert Dr. Fred Inbau, and a subsequent letter by Charleston Police Chief Dallas Bias, regarding the 1953 murder of Juliet Staunton Clark. The conclusions reached in the documents are not our opinions, they are the opinions […]
James E. Casto – New Book Explores Sensational Crime
As she had on so many mornings, on Aug. 21, 1953, Bessie Smith, long-time maid to Juliet Staunton Clark, the wealthy owner of the Charleston Daily Mail, took the bus to Clark’s home in Charleston’s elite South Hills neighborhood. But this particular morning would be tragically different. Arriving at Clark’s home, she found her employer […]
Murder On Staunton Road – sold out!
Reaction to Murder On Staunton Road has been overwhelming and the book has sold out! Gratified Mitch and I are, but we want readers to know that, on this site, under “Get The Book”, you can pre-order the second printing that will be available in January 2021. We hope those who wish to purchase the […]
Why We Wrote Murder On Staunton Road
Folks have asked Mitch and me why we decided to write Murder On Staunton Road. The answer is multi-faceted. I first considered writing a book about the murder of Juliet Clark thirty plus years ago, in 1987, when chatting with then Kanawha County Sheriff Danny Jones. Danny’s parents had purchased Juliet Clark’s home following her […]
